[LINK] Detailed analysis of NBN Co’s finances shows FTTP better value than FTTN

[David Boxall]

I'll bet Malcolm was hoping nobody would look too closely at the numbers 
until after the next election.


.. FTTP ended up being better financial value than FTTN when the NBN 
company’s operational expenditure and projected revenue figures were 
examined six and a half years after each technology was deployed.
This fact, he said, came from the fact that FTTP was significantly 
cheaper to run on an ongoing basis ($220 less per connection per year), 
but also generated more average revenue (close to $10 per month per 
connection).
“This difference totals about $30 per month,” in favour of FTTP, Ferrers 
wrote. “This is a total net benefit of $360 per household per year for 
using FTTP over using FTTN.”
Consequently, the analyst wrote, the capital expenditure difference 
between the two technologies (FTTP costs about $2,300 more per premise 
to install than FTTN) would be earned back in 76 months — or about six 
and a third years.
https://delimiter.com.au/2016/01/04/detailed-analysis-of-nbn-cos-finances-shows-fttp-better-value-than-fttn/

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